TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
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TOTAL 19,595 1,585 782 803 257
WHITE 10,877 695 321 374 127
NONWHITE 8,718 890 461 429 130
-------- ALL RACES -------- ---------- WHITE ---------- -------- NONWHITE ---------
ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES
TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 57 3 22 32 25 0 7 18 32 3 15 14
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 8 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 5 1 2 2
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 41 3 20 18 9 0 5 4 32 3 15 14
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 9 0 1 8 4 0 0 4 5 0 1 4
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 16 1 2 13 8 0 1 7 8 1 1 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 36.0 3.8 67.2 (15-19) 36.0 0.0 66.8 (15-19) 36.0 6.5 67.6 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 35.1 0.0 45.4 31.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 62.5 0.0 66.7 71.4
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 52.6 0.0 136.4 0.0 80.0 . 285.7 0.0 31.2 0.0 66.7 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 62 3 26 33 27 0 9 18 35 3 17 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 39.1 3.8 73.5 (15-19) 38.8 0.0 72.2 (15-19) 39.3 6.5 74.6 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* ACCORDING TO THE KESSNER INDEX
** SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE
# FIGURES BY RACE MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH RACE OF MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN
DEFINITIONS:
IMMATURE=BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
PREMATURE=GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS
FERTILITY RATE=LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
FETAL DEATH RATIO=FETAL DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INDUCED TERM. RATIO=INDUCED TERMINATIONS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
PREGNANCIES=LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS
PREGNANCY RATE=PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INFANT DEATH=DEATH OF A LIVE-BORN INFANT BEFORE REACHING 1 YEAR OF AGE
